书之所施,或于金石,或于简札,或于缣素,或于笔纸。所施虽不同,而工具则一,即笔是也。故先说笔。先民用笔,实在有文字之先。本世纪所出新石器时代仰韶文化之彩陶,其上绘以赤、黑、白诸色构成之美丽图案花纹,审其纹线,实以笔绘成。而其笔亦必以兽毛之属为之,与今世无大差异。故笔之使用,至晚亦在新石器早期。盖最初以之作画,而后来则以之作字。 The book is applied to either the stone or the jins, or to the prime, or to the pen. Although the application is different, the tool is one, that is, the pen is also. So first say the pen. The pen used by the ancestors actually had the first word. In this century, the painted pottery of the Yangshao culture of the Neolithic Age was painted with beautiful patterns composed of the colors of red, black and white. The pen must also be based on the animal’s hair. There is no major difference from this world. The use of the pen was late in the New Stone Age. The cover was originally painted with it, but later it was used as a word.